Review of The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker Pat Barker’s novel The Silence of the Girls is a rewriting of the Iliad, the Greek classic that tells the story of the Trojan war. In interviews, Barker has talked
Review of The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman If you have read Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy you are guaranteed to love the prequel, La Belle Sauvage. The novel tells the story of the events
Review of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston This month I have been enjoying ‘One Last Stop’ by Casey McQuiston. The story focuses on a restless August as she moves to New York, trying to find a place to call
Review of Reputation by Lex Croucher Georgiana or ‘George’ is a heroine straight out of Austen, a young girl of middle class background staying with down-at-heel relatives for her first ‘season’. She falls in with upper-class Frances and her friends,
Review of Kindred by Octavia Butler I would highly recommend reading Kindred because the way that Octavia Butler uses time travel as a way to explore the contemporary effect of slavery is truly unique and thought provoking. The narrator, Dana, suddenly
Review of Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Over the summer, I read Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. It is a fun and easy-to-read coming of age novel. The book follows Queenie, a London woman in her twenties, as she discovers her own
Review of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin N K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season is the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy about a world wracked by earthquakes and volcanoes. Certain people – known as orogenes – have the
Review of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut This satiric tale follows the journey of Kilgore Trout, a struggling science fiction writer who answers an invitation to the Midland City Arts Festival. Meeting with a prominent business owner (Dwayne Hoover),
Review of Dawn by Octavia E. Butler Dawn is a brilliant Sci-fi novel that imagines the survival of the human species after Earth has become inhabitable. The portrayal of Lilith’s awakening on an alien ship and her struggle to overcome